David Halpern Poker Tournament Updates

Event No. 27 ($1,500 seven-card stud eight-or-better) Begins at 5 p.m. Monday

Jun 14, '10

Event No. 27 ($1,500 seven-card stud eight-or-better) at the 2010 World Series of Poker will begin at 5:00 pm PDT on Monday, June 14. Players will begin with 4,500 in tournament chips and all levels will last 60 minutes. There will be a 20-minute break every other level, and there will be a 90-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 4. Here is a look at the schedule for the event:

Monday, June 14, 5 p.m.: Day 1 (play 8 levels)
Tuesday, June 15, 3 p.m.: Day 2 (play down to final table or through 10 levels)
Wednesday, June 16, 3 p.m.: Final Table

In 2009 this event attracted 466 players and the tournament was won by David Halpern, who took home $159,048 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you a summary of the action at the dinner break and at the end of the night daily during this event.

Player Tags: David Halpern

Final Table Update: Chad Brown, Max Stern Eliminated

Jun 30, '09

Ante: 5,000 – Low Card: 5,000 – Completion: 20,000 – Limits: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 2 out of 467

Chip Counts:

1. David Halpern – 1,100,000
2. William Kohler – 950,000

Average Chip Count: 1,025,000

Eliminations:

4. Chad Brown – $44,589
3. Max Stern – $64,484

Big Hands

Chad Brown Eliminated in 4th Place ($44,589)

Chad Brown was all in for his last 100,000 against Max Stern.

Their cards:

Brown: (34)-4Q8K- (A)
Stern: (X-X)-4992-(X)

Stern’s nines that were showing were good enough to eliminate Brown in fourth place.

Max Stern Eliminated in 3rd Place ($64,484)

Max Stern was down to just 10,000 and was all in against David Halpern and William Kohler.

Their cards:

Stern: (X-X)-71027-(X)
Halpern: (109)-10QJ9-(K)
Kohler: (A5)-645K-(2)

Halpern made a king-high straight on the end to send Stern packing. Action is down to heads up.

Player Tags: Max Stern,   David Halpern,   William Kohler